And Sullivan’s life with Keller extended far beyond the great “wa-wa” scene, in which Keller finally understands the meaning of the letters Sullivan is signing into her hand; Keller went on to be an international advocate and Sullivan never left her side.

The day i see a wa-wa bar and knobs on a Martin will be the day I turn in my picks.

They’re often perceived like the parents in a Peanuts TV special, with nothing important to say: “Wa-wa wa-wa-wa wa.”

It's a special lingo manufactured by the Hudson Bay Company to suit the savages, and when white men first came into British Columbia they found the savages with a lingo which was called white man's wa-wa, and which no person could understand; it is easy enough to learn, you can pick it up in a week; it has only about six hundred words.

The Chinese orchestra sounded quite at home in Gershwin, complete with bluesy wa-wa trumpet solos.